diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor
index 826a2959..003129b2 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor	
@@ -87,47 +87,28 @@
             {
                 <MudField FullWidth="true" Label="@T("Model selection")" Variant="Variant.Outlined" Class="mb-3">
                     <MudStack Row="@true" AlignItems="AlignItems.Center" StretchItems="StretchItems.End">
-                        @if (this.DataLLMProvider.IsTranscriptionModelProvidedManually(this.DataHost))
+                        <MudButton Disabled="@(this.IsEnterpriseConfiguration || !this.DataLLMProvider.CanLoadModels(this.DataHost, this.dataAPIKey))" Variant="Variant.Filled" Size="Size.Small" StartIcon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Refresh" OnClick="@this.ReloadModels">
+                            @T("Load")
+                        </MudButton>
+                        @if(this.availableModels.Count is 0)
                         {
-                            <MudTextField
-                                T="string"
-                                @bind-Text="@this.dataManuallyModel"
-                                Label="@T("Model")"
-                                Class="mb-3"
-                                Adornment="Adornment.Start"
-                                AdornmentIcon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Dns"
-                                AdornmentColor="Color.Info"
-                                Disabled="@this.IsEnterpriseConfiguration"
-                                Validation="@this.ValidateManuallyModel"
-                                UserAttributes="@SPELLCHECK_ATTRIBUTES"
-                                HelperText="@T("Currently, we cannot query the transcription models for the selected provider and/or host. Therefore, please enter the model name manually.")"
-                            />
+                            <MudText Typo="Typo.body1">
+                                @T("No models loaded or available.")
+                            </MudText>
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            <MudButton Disabled="@(this.IsEnterpriseConfiguration || !this.DataLLMProvider.CanLoadModels(this.DataHost, this.dataAPIKey))" Variant="Variant.Filled" Size="Size.Small" StartIcon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Refresh" OnClick="@this.ReloadModels">
-                                @T("Load")
-                            </MudButton>
-                            @if(this.availableModels.Count is 0)
-                            {
-                                <MudText Typo="Typo.body1">
-                                    @T("No models loaded or available.")
-                                </MudText>
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                <MudSelect Disabled="@(this.IsEnterpriseConfiguration || this.IsNoneProvider)" @bind-Value="@this.DataModel" Label="@T("Model")"
-                                           OpenIcon="@Icons.Material.Filled.FaceRetouchingNatural"
-                                           AdornmentColor="Color.Info" Adornment="Adornment.Start"
-                                           Validation="@this.providerValidation.ValidatingModel">
-                                    @foreach (var model in this.availableModels)
-                                    {
-                                        <MudSelectItem Value="@model">
-                                            @model
-                                        </MudSelectItem>
-                                    }
-                                </MudSelect>
-                            }
+                            <MudSelect Disabled="@(this.IsEnterpriseConfiguration || this.IsNoneProvider)" @bind-Value="@this.DataModel" Label="@T("Model")"
+                                       OpenIcon="@Icons.Material.Filled.FaceRetouchingNatural"
+                                       AdornmentColor="Color.Info" Adornment="Adornment.Start"
+                                       Validation="@this.providerValidation.ValidatingModel">
+                                @foreach (var model in this.availableModels)
+                                {
+                                    <MudSelectItem Value="@model">
+                                        @model
+                                    </MudSelectItem>
+                                }
+                            </MudSelect>
                         }
                     </MudStack>
                     @if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.dataLoadingModelsIssue))
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor.cs
index 1f3bc0de..dd463a06 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/TranscriptionProviderDialog.razor.cs	
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ public partial class TranscriptionProviderDialog : MSGComponentBase, ISecretId
     private string[] dataIssues = [];
     private string dataAPIKey = string.Empty;
     private bool dataHadStoredAPIKeyOnLoad;
-    private string dataManuallyModel = string.Empty;
     private string dataAPIKeyStorageIssue = string.Empty;
     private string dataEditingPreviousInstanceName = string.Empty;
     private string dataLoadingModelsIssue = string.Empty;
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ public partial class TranscriptionProviderDialog : MSGComponentBase, ISecretId
             GetPreviousInstanceName = () => this.dataEditingPreviousInstanceName,
             GetUsedInstanceNames = () => this.UsedInstanceNames,
             GetHost = () => this.DataHost,
-            IsModelProvidedManually = () => this.DataLLMProvider.IsTranscriptionModelProvidedManually(this.DataHost),
         };
     }
     
@@ -135,30 +133,9 @@ public partial class TranscriptionProviderDialog : MSGComponentBase, ISecretId
     {
         var cleanedHostname = this.DataHostname.Trim();
 
-        // Determine the model based on the provider and host configuration:
-        Model model;
-        if (this.DataLLMProvider.IsTranscriptionModelSelectionHidden(this.DataHost))
-        {
-            // Use system model placeholder for hosts that don't support model selection (e.g., whisper.cpp):
-            model = Model.SYSTEM_MODEL;
-        }
-        else if (this.DataLLMProvider is LLMProviders.SELF_HOSTED)
-        {
-            switch (this.DataHost)
-            {
-                case Host.OLLAMA:
-                    model = new Model(this.dataManuallyModel, null);
-                    break;
-
-                case Host.VLLM:
-                case Host.LM_STUDIO:
-                default:
-                    model = this.DataModel;
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-            model = this.DataModel;
+        // whisper.cpp serves whatever it was started with and names no models, so the placeholder
+        // stands in for the one model there is. Everywhere else the user picked one from the list:
+        var model = this.DataLLMProvider.IsTranscriptionModelSelectionHidden(this.DataHost) ? Model.SYSTEM_MODEL : this.DataModel;
 
         return new()
         {
@@ -194,10 +171,6 @@ public partial class TranscriptionProviderDialog : MSGComponentBase, ISecretId
         if(this.IsEditing)
         {
             this.dataEditingPreviousInstanceName = this.DataName.ToLowerInvariant();
-            
-            // When using self-hosted models, we must copy the model name:
-            if (this.DataLLMProvider is LLMProviders.SELF_HOSTED)
-                this.dataManuallyModel = this.DataModel.Id;
 
             // Load the API key. A self-hosted server may well need one: LM Studio can ask for a
             // token of its own, and any of these servers can sit behind an authenticating proxy.
@@ -302,14 +275,6 @@ public partial class TranscriptionProviderDialog : MSGComponentBase, ISecretId
         this.MudDialog.Close(DialogResult.Ok(addedProviderSettings));
     }
     
-    private string? ValidateManuallyModel(string manuallyModel)
-    {
-        if (this.DataLLMProvider is LLMProviders.SELF_HOSTED && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(manuallyModel))
-            return T("Please enter a transcription model name.");
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
     private void Cancel() => this.MudDialog.Cancel();
 
     private async Task OnAPIKeyChanged(string apiKey)
@@ -327,7 +292,6 @@ public partial class TranscriptionProviderDialog : MSGComponentBase, ISecretId
         // When the host changes, reset the model selection state:
         this.DataHost = selectedHost;
         this.DataModel = default;
-        this.dataManuallyModel = string.Empty;
         this.availableModels.Clear();
         this.dataLoadingModelsIssue = string.Empty;
     }
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/LLMProvidersExtensions.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/LLMProvidersExtensions.cs
index 4f01c430..3a10e5d0 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/LLMProvidersExtensions.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/LLMProvidersExtensions.cs	
@@ -421,11 +421,6 @@ public static class LLMProvidersExtensions
         _ => false,
     };
     
-    public static bool IsTranscriptionModelProvidedManually(this LLMProviders provider, Host host) => provider switch
-    {
-        _ => false,
-    };
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines if the model selection should be completely hidden for LLM providers.
     /// This is the case when the host does not support model selection.